Song Description

Fireworks! (and fire plays, across the sky) -- and Fireflies (and Fire lands, as we catch the glowig creatures). This appealing word-play makes the lyrics both memorable and fun, understandable immediately by kids, yet intriguing enough to appeal to grownups.

Lyrics

FIREWORKS, FIREFLIES

Words & music copyright 2002 Brad Burg (contact info below)

VERSE 1
Fireworks . . . (Fire works!)
Fire plays! . . . (Fire plays!)
Turns the night to a bright rainbow blaze:

Gold and silver, red, white, blue,
And just when you think they?re through,
There?s a new surprise!
All across these summer skies ?
FIREWORKS, FIREFLIES!

VERSE 2
Fireflies . . . (Fire flies!)
Fire lands! . . . (Fire lands!)
Like a drop of starlight, right in our hands.

First, you catch that glow ?
Oh, oh, oh -- then you let it go,
And you see it rise,
All across these summer skies--
FIREWORKS, FIREFLIES!

BRIDGE [actually, variation on verse melody]
There?s a garden of light in the dark,
Where those flowers of fire grow from a spark . . .
Oh, oh -- first up they zoom;
Then they burst into bloom --
Right before your eyes!
All across these summer skies--
FIREWORKS, FIREFLIES!

VERSE 3:
[Verses 1 and 2 repeat, sung by two voices at same time,
but phrased so they intertwine, and mostly don't overlap ].

Based on material in the Penguin Putnam collection of poems by Brad Burg, Outside the Lines: Poetry at Play (April, 2002)
All material copyright 2002 by Brad Burg
e-mail: bradburg@optonline.net
www.bradburg.com
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